Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:40:43 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Graham North <northg@shaw.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 on AMD64 architecture Message-ID: <43370B4B.8090501@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <433705B5.4020004@shaw.ca> References: <433705B5.4020004@shaw.ca>
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Graham North wrote: > It is my understanding that the AMD 64 family supports 32-bit i386 code > completely...can someone confirm this. > > I would like to stay with 32 bit for the time being but run it on a new > MB using an AMD64 architecture. Should I therefore be simply installing > an i386 iso as though it is on an Intel machine? Will the i386 iso then > have full support for AMD specific drivers such as the k8t800? I > noticed from this link > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html THAT the the > VIA K8T800 and K8T890 seem to be reasonably supported whereas not many > other current AMD Northbridges are (note however that this support is > for AMD64 iso). > > Any pearls of wisdom much appreciated. No I do not wish to install as 64 > bit at this time... > Thanks, Graham/ > You'll probably get a lot of responses on this one. I'm currently running the i386 FreeBSD on an Ahtlon 64 as my desktop. I also have the 64 bit installed on a seperate partition to experiment with. I have an A8V-E mobo that has the K8T890. Works just fine except an occasional glitch while booting freezes the system. I've read it's an ACPI thing, but since I rarely reboot I've not bothered to disable ACPI. Later, Micah
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